I never ask if the market is going to go up or down because I don't know, and besides it doesn't matter.… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
The best investment with the least risk and the greatest dividend is giving. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
The other boys at Yale came from wealthy families, and none of them were investing outside the United States, and I thought,… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
In my 45-year career as an investment counselor, humility did show me the need for worldwide diversification to reduce risk. That career… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
If you buy all the stocks selling at or below two times earnings, you will lose money on half of them because… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
For all long-term investors, there is only one objective-maximum total real return after taxes. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The time of maximum pessimism is… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Sell a stock only when you have found a new stock that is a 50% better bargain than the one that you hold. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
You must be a fundamentalist to be really successful in the market. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Focus on value because most investors focus on outlooks and trends, — John Templeton Copy Share Image
If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
It is only by understanding the emotion of others that an investor has a chance to produce superior results. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
To buy when others are despondently selling and sell when others are greedily buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Outperforming the majority of investors requires doing what they are not doing. Buying when others have despaired, and selling when they are… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Before this century is over, the Dow Jones Industrial Average will probably be over one million versus around 10,000 now. So for… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
See the investment world as an ocean and buy where you get the most value for your money. Right now the value… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
I have observed 100,000 families over my years of investment counseling. I always saw greater prosperity and happiness among those families who… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
There will always be bull markets followed by bear markets followed by bull markets — John Templeton Copy Share Image
An attitude of gratitude creates blessings. Help yourself by helping others. You have the most powerful weapons on earth - love and prayer. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
I served for 42 years on the board of trustees of the largest Presbyterian seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and we had brilliant people -… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
...Making people get over the concept that they've got the total proof. To get them to feel, 'Gee, I want to learn more. I… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
I have no quarrel with what I learned in the Presbyterian church - I am still an enthusiastic Christian. But why shouldn't I try… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Suppose you went to your priest and asked for help; he would refer you to the Bible. But if you went the next day… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Many media commercials encourage us to believe that if we buy a certain product, we can be physically appealing, or popular, or successful. According… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
I never ask if the market is going to go up or down because I don't know, and besides it doesn't matter. I search… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Many of us understand giving, but some of us may still be confused about the meaning of forgiveness. Some people may go through life… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Not yet have I found any better method to prosper during the future financial chaos, which is likely to last many years, than to… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
